President-elect Donald Trump’s decide to steer the Department of Defense, Pete Hegseth, was interrupted by a minimum of three protesters throughout his Senate affirmation listening to on Tuesday.
“Veterans are committing suicide and are homeless, however we ship cash to bomb kids in Gaza,” one feminine protester carrying fatigues shouted as she was escorted from the listening to, Fox News Digital video reveals.
Hegseth appeared earlier than the Senate Armed Services Committee on Tuesday morning, the place he was grilled by lawmakers forward of a committee vote and ultimate affirmation vote on his nomination as secretary of protection.
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Female protester carrying fatigues was faraway from Pete Hegseth’s affirmation listening to within the Senate on Tuesday. (Fox Digital )
An aged man who was handcuffed with zipties was additionally seen being escorted out of the listening to. While one other man, additionally showing to put on fatigues, was seen being carried out by Capitol Police.
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Protester escorted from Pete Hegseth’s affirmation listening to to function secretary of protection. (Fox Digital )
Hegseth, a former Fox News host, has spent his days in latest weeks on Capitol Hill assembly with senators to rally help as he battled allegations of sexual misconduct, extreme ingesting and mismanaging a veterans nonprofit group. Hegseth has denied the allegations and vowed that he will not drink “a drop of alcohol” if confirmed to Trump’s cabinet.
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U.S. Capitol Police officers take away a demonstrator throughout a Senate Armed Services Committee affirmation listening to in Washington, DC, US, on Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025. Pete Hegseth, US secretary of protection nominee for US President-elect Donald Trump, is portraying his lack of high-level administration expertise as an asset, saying in ready testimony for his affirmation listening to that he’d be a “change agent” with no vested curiosity in sure firms or particular packages or accredited narratives. (Kent Nishimura/Bloomberg by way of Getty Images)
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Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., requested Hegseth in regards to the protesters throughout his listening to, together with relating to the warfare in Israel that has been ongoing since 2023.
U.S. Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., questions U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth throughout his Senate Armed Services affirmation listening to on Capitol Hill on January 14, 2025 in Washington, DC. Hegseth, an Army veteran and the previous host of “FOX & Friends Weekend” on FOX News would be the first of the incoming Trump administration’s nominees to face questions from Senators. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
“Another protester, and I feel this one was a member of Code Pink, which, by the best way, is a Chinese communist entrance group nowadays, mentioned that you just help Israel’s warfare in Gaza. I help Israel’s existential warfare in Gaza. I assume, like me and President Trump, you help that warfare as nicely,” Cotton mentioned.
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“I help Israel destroying and killing each final member of Hamas,” Hegseth responded.
US Capitol Police officers take away a demonstrator throughout a Senate Armed Services Committee affirmation listening to in Washington, DC, US, on Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025. Pete Hegseth, US secretary of protection nominee for US President-elect Donald Trump, is portraying his lack of high-level administration expertise as an asset, saying in ready testimony for his affirmation listening to that he’d be a “change agent” with no vested curiosity in sure firms or particular packages or accredited narratives. Photographer: Kent Nishimura/Bloomberg by way of Getty Images (Getty Images)
“And the third protester mentioned one thing about 20 years of genocide. I assume that is our wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Do you assume our troops are committing genocide in Iraq and Afghanistan?” Cotton continued.
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“Senator, I don’t. I feel … our troops, as you understand, as so many in this committee know, did the perfect they may with what they’d. … And tragically, the result we noticed in Afghanistan underneath the Biden administration put a stain on that, nevertheless it would not put a stain on what these women and men did in uniform, as you understand full nicely, Senator,” Hegseth responded.
